The Quantified Self, Part I: Will it Lead to Better Data Management?
Over the next few weeks, I’ll be writing about self-quantification. In today’s post, I’ll introduce the topic and address a…
High Density of Data Centers Correlate with Disaster Zones; Michigan Provides Safe Haven
Gigaom.com reports that the greatest amount of data centers are located, most inconveniently, in states that have also experienced the…
Of Black Swans and Taking Showers
Those pesky “Black Swans” – extremely low probability events with a large impact have been burned into the lexicon of…
PCI & HIPAA Data Breaches of 2012: Lessons Learned
Here’s a review of the top 2012 data breaches within both the PCI and HIPAA compliant industries, and a quick…
Big Data For Big Weather
Courtesy of hint.fm/wind Courtesy of hint.fm/windThe east coast is slowly recovering from the devastating impact of hurricane Sandy and we…
Big Data in Insurance – Is the Industry Ready to Take Advantage?
The need for information has created this disruptive nomenclature that has taken the world of data by storm. This revolutionary…
Lessons From Our Cyber Past: History of Cyber Intelligence
By AlexOlesker By AlexOleskerOn Thursday, September 27, the Atlantic Council hosted a stand-out panel discussion on the history of all-source cyber…
How Much Big Data is Too Much?
With storage costs plummeting and sophisticated software approaches to mining Big Data, it appears that it is increasingly cost effective…
Cross Platform Vulnerabilities Aiding Attackers: Big data analytics are key for security practices and more.
Micro Microsoft’s Security team examined the problems with cross-platform vulnerabilitiesISF urges business to use Big Data Analytics for security purposes…
Guns, States, and Death (Illustrated Comments on Aurora)
Surfing the web soon after the July 19th massacre in Colorado yielded two geovisualizations that touched, in part or in…
